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Effecting a change? Your vote counts, don’t waste it.
Just a short note to jog people’s memories today. Today is the day of the local council elections, in which those of us in Walsall (and many other places) get to vote for our local councils. Here in Walsall, it looks … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, News, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged ballot, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Clayhanger, Election, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Social Services, The Plastic Hippo, The YamYam, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood
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I have nothing further to add. I’m ashamed to live in a country that does this while the people who caused the crisis walk away.
Posted in Bad Science, Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Social Media
Tagged benefits, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, local blogs, Local politics, Politics, shame, Silly, Social Services, The Plastic Hippo, Vandalism, welfare reform bill
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St, Matthews Hospital – can you help?
Following on from last week’s post about the the remarkable gallery of images of St. Matthews Hospital in Burntwood, the poster of those images, Tony Briggs, has been in touch to ask if anyone can help him gather personal reminiscences … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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The folk on the hill
It’s with great interest and thanks to the dedicated folks over at the Midlands Heritage Forum, that I can now highlight new information being collated about St. Matthews Hospital. Forum stalwarts YamahaPaul and TonyB appear to have done a great … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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Snouts in the trough
I note from today’s Express & Star (3rd January 2012) that the plan to increase Walsall Councillors Personal Allowances has again reared it’s ugly head. It seams that soon, the cabinet will vote wether to give themselves a juicy pay … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Events, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged austerity, Cheap tat, Councillor Aloowance, Express & Star, local blogs, Local History, Local politics, Mike Bird, pay increase, Personal Allowance, Politics, Sean Coughlan, Silly, Social Services, The Plastic Hippo, Tim Oliver, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Information about public sector industrial action today
From the Website of Walsall Council (see the latest statement by clicking here, or check out TheYamYam for the latest news from Walsall media): Last updated: 29/11/2011 16:05:15 Walsall residents are being advised that some council services, including school closures … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged bin collection, Brownhills, Council Statement, industrial action, Local politics, Mike Bird, N30, Politics, school closures, Shire Oak, Social Services, Strike, The YamYam, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall strike, Walsall Wood, website latest
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Hospice Care Week 8-14th October 2011
There can’t be many readers out there whose lives haven’t been touched by terminal illness in some way. With that in mind, I’d like to draw everyones attention to the first ever Hospice Care Week, to raise awareness of hospices … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged appeal, Brownhills, charity, hospice, Hospice Care Week, Local politics, Palliative care, Politics, Social Services, St. Giles, Staffordshire, terminal illness, WHittington
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Prophet margin?
I spotted this on Facebook today, and I’m not really sure what to make of it. The author, Walsall Prophet, has created a newsletter style .PDF file in the manner of stuff by the blogging community in Walsall, making the … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Facebook, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, new writers, PDF, Politics, Silly, Social Services, The YamYam, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Prophet
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This won’t hurt – Images of St. Matthews Hospital, Burntwood
Following my post earlier this week about Burntwood Asylum – latterly St .Matthews Hospital – I have been bowled over by the response of readers to what I thought might be a taboo subject. From reader responses – including some … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Anna Neagle, Anna Sadowski, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Ingrid Croot, Local History, Mary Hutchinson, mental hospital, planning, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, Woodhouses
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Unspoken histories – what do you know?
I’m respectfully making an enquiry as to a bit of history that isn’t talked about much and may be quite sensitive for some. This is a subject that has long interested me in one form or another, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Cane Hill, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Local History, mechanised, mental hospital, Old maps, planning, Rauceby, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, urbex uk, Woodhouses
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Electile Dysfunction
It’s almost a year to the day since I wrote this post, urging readers to take up their democratic right and vote. I thought about this again today, on the eve of local elections and the referendum on the Alternate … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged AV referendum, ballot, Brownhills, David Cameron, Democratic process, Express & Star, local blogs, Local Elections, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, Tesco, Tesco Development, Twitter, Vandalism, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Would Sister Dora go on strike? (via The Mushroom)
The Mushroom – crafter of fine rants about all manner of subjects, but mostly Walsall politics – has played a blinder. I just had to share this touching, very human post about the future of the National Health Service, those … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged local blogs, Local History, Local politics, National Health Service, NHS, Politics, Silly, Sister Dora, Social Services, The Mushroom, Tory Cuts, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Blogs, Walsall politics
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Always crashing in the same car
Walsall Council, despite it’s patchy areas, does a few things really, really well. One of those things in recent times has been social media. Dan and the people in the press office may occasionally appear to be running a West … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Local politics, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Cheap tat, Facebook, GMP, Greater manchester Police, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, The Plastic Hippo, Tweetreach, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Council press office, Walsall politics, Walsall24
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Walsall Council budget document
Walsall Council have now revealed their proposals for budget cuts that look set to decimate social care, leisure services and community support for the elderly and vulnerable. Predictably, public relations, councillor allowances and wages for those at the very top … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, Walsall, Walsall budget, Walsall budget cuts, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Your local council needs you (via The Plastic Hippo)
The Plastic Hippo has written an excoriating post about Walsall Council’s risible ‘Online Budget Simulator’ game, a wheedling, cynical little piece of propaganda aimed at convincing us all there’s no alternative to the menu of cuts, decimation and hard cheese … Continue reading
Posted in Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Uncategorized, Walsall Council
Tagged Cheap tat, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, Online Budget imulator, Politics, Silly, Social Services, The Plastic Hippo, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Brownhills in the Fifties (via Chasewater Stuff’s Railway Blog)
Just thought I’d flag up this lovely post from the excellent blog curated by Chasewater Stuff. There are some poignent recollections of Brownhills past, as some little bits that I’d forgotten – Caters shop selling records, for one. While you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged 1950's, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Caters, Chasewater, Chasewater Stuff, local blogs, Local History, planning, Social Services, Staffordshire
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Knaves Court extra care development open day
I’ve had a great mail from Matthew Fraser, Acting Senior Care Officer at the St. James Resource Centre, Brownhills. Matthew wanted to alert readers of the Brownhills Blog that the new extra care facility, Knaves Court will be holding a … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local politics, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Anchor Bridge, Brownhills, Care provision, elderly care, extra care, Housing21, Knaves Court, Local politics, Matthew Fraser, New Photos, planning, Politics, Redevelopment, Short Street, Social Care, Social Services, St James Home, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Walsall politics, WHG
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Fiddler’s Folly
Sent to the blog yesterday by the excellent [Godfrey Oakparkrunner], I here present the flyer for the sculpture unveiling binge set to take place in the Wood in a couple of weeks. My views on this hideous waste of regeneration … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Councillor Mike Flower, Local History, Local politics, Mike Bird, Mining memorial, Politics, Redevelopment, sculpture, Silly, Social Services, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Mining Memrial
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Gone, but not forgotten…
Whilst pottering around this morning, shamelessly listening to Terry Wogan, my attention was snagged by the news report about the Care Quality Commission report into adult care in the UK. Speaking on behalf of Southwark Council was one Annie Shepperd, … Continue reading
Posted in Followups, It makes me mad!, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Adult Social Care, Annie Shepperd, Care Quality Commission, Cheap tat, Council Chief Executive, Local politics, Politics, Social Services, Southwark Council, Town Hall Rich List 2008, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Another cracking article by the Plastic Hippo…
Anyone who’s been reading this blog for some time will be aware of the Plastic Hippo – often outrageously funny, witheringly forthright and highly knowledgeable about Walsall politics, he often comments on articles here. Well, there’s a new article up over … Continue reading
Is it me?
I’m having a little trouble adjusting my horizontal hold today. Everything seems to be a little out of line, just a tad asynchronous or maybe even a bit disjointed. At times like this you need the stability of the normal, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Market, Doug Birch, Express & Star, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, Tesco, Tesco Development, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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An apology: looks like I got it wrong!
To my absolute disgust and horror, whilst browsing the local news on the YamYam, I came upon a story from the Express and Star[1] about the top earners at Walsall Council. I was not horrified by the salaries – I … Continue reading
Lost property: can you help?
Have you noticed a tatty Tesco carrier bag containing boring paperwork just lying around? Have you perchance found a shoebox containing a shedload of handwritten dockets? Is there a consignment of chitties clogging your front gate? If so, you could … Continue reading
So you thought the age of child labour was over in Britain
So you thought the age of child labour was over in Britain … | Catherine Bennett | Comment is free | The Observer . Somewhere, near you now, there will be a child caring for a parent. These unfortunate children … Continue reading
Posted in Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Carers, Child Carers, Social Services
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The ongoing shambles that is social care in Walsall
BBC NEWS | England | ‘Call cramming’ at care company. I saw this report on Midlands Today this evening. Yet again, homecare services for some of the most vulnerable people in Walsall have been found to be inadequate. When will … Continue reading
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